TSUKIPRO‘s newest units were announced today at AGF2017. VAZZROCK is a new 2.5D project from the renowed company.
A brief look into this series’ story:
VAZZROCK‘s 12 characters live in the same dormitory as the members of SQ and ALIVE. There are some points the contact between some of VAZZROCK‘s characters and SolidS, QUELL, SOARA & Growth. It is mentioned that there are some members that have strong relationships with some of those members. According to Tsukipro, it’ll be interesting to see how those dynamics will develop in the future. It is said that all characters come from different backgrounds.
There’s two bands:
Vazzy, a band with a dangerous and powerful sound/appeal. This band consists of Tarusuke Shingaki (leader), Yusuke Kobayashi, Masahiro Yamanaka, Yusuke Shirai, Tsubasa Sasa and Shun Horie.
Rock Down is a band in which freedom and individuality are common. The band consists of Yukitoshi Kikuchi (leader), Yoshiaki Hasegawa, Takuya Sato, Taito Ban, Takuya Masumoto and Keisuke Koumoto.
Both bands will participate in three different projects:
bi-color (Starting in late February 2018)
- Released monthly
- 12 releases, one for each character
- Releases 1 to 6 are from Vazzy
- Releases 7 to 12 are from Rock Down
- All these releases have 3 tracks: 1 solo song, 1 drama track & 1 duet
play of color (Starting in April 2018)
- Released bi-monthly
- 4 releases, 3 characters per release
- Unit drama CD + 2 songs
Unit song CD series (February and May 2018)
- 2 Releases (one for each band)
- Vazzy’s CD is released in February 2018
- Rock Down’s CD is released in May 2018
More details regarding all releases are going to unveiled in the upcoming months. Please be on the look out for more updates from us.
On another note:
There is confirmation of a special event titled “VAZZROCK LIVE 2018” to be held in early Fall 2018.
SOURCE: VAZZROCK official website / VAZZROCK official twitter account / Animate Times
[…] and only now making their debut, VAZZY is a unit part of TSUKIPRO‘s newest franchise “VAZZROCK“. VAZZY consist on Tarusuke Shingaki (leader), Yusuke Kobayashi, Masahiro Yamanaka, Yusuke […]
Really interested in Vazzy. Tarusuke Shingaki has a good, powerful vocals, but he is definetely not someone I ever imagined to appear as a leader of the seiyuu unit.